Women Divers Hall of Fame (original) (raw)
The Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) is an international honor society. Its purpose is to honor the accomplishments of women divers,[3][4][5] and their contributions to various fields of underwater diving.[6][1] Full membership is restricted to nominees who have been found to meet the WDHOF's criteria, which include being an underwater diver and having contributed to diving in ways recognised as being significant.[7]
The WDHOF was founded in 1999 by a group of people and organizations, including the Underwater Society of America.[8][9] 72 women were inducted in 2000, followed by 26 new members the next year.[10]
The WDHOF awards many scholarships and training grants[11] to support women of "all ages who are pursuing careers involving diving"[12] including the J. Berman Memorial Grant for Sea Turtle Conservation, the Sherry Reed Memorial Undergraduate Marine Conservation Scholarship, the Laurel Clark Sea to Space Physiology Research Grant and the Amelia Behrens-Furniss Memorial Hardhat Dive Training Grant.[13][14][15]
Name
Dates
Induction
Details
1953-2020
2022
Co-founder of the Virgin Islands Diving Association, PADI course director, and promoter of ocean conservation
2022
Scientist, author, and educator. An authority on marine biology, especially tropical-marine fishes, conservation and sustainable seafood
2011
Diving museum founder and historian, aquaculturist, author, and public speaker[17]
1895-1970
2012
Pioneering American deep sea diver
2015
Marine conservation leader, governmental policy advocate, and spokesperson on shark conservation[18]
1962-
2005
US Navy Diving and Salvage Officer; commanding Officer of USS Salvor, and of the Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit[19]
2001
First woman US Navy Master Diver; US Navy diving instructor; naval diving safety advocate[20]
1945-
2000
American marine biologist, SCUBA diver, underwater photographer and educator
1922-2015
2022
An American ichthyologist known for both her research on shark behaviour and her study of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes; a pioneer in the field of scuba diving for research purposes
1961-2003
2003
Clark did active duty training with the Diving Medicine Department at the United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit; completed Navy undersea medical officer training at the Naval Undersea Medical Institute in Groton, Connecticut, and diving medical officer training at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center; she dove with Navy divers and Naval Special Warfare Unit Two SEALs and performed many medical evacuations from US submarines; designated as a Naval Submarine Medical Officer and Diving Medical Officer
1972-
2011
1968-
2010
American underwater photographer,[21] filmmaker, speaker, educator, and ocean advocate.[22] In 2007, she founded Dive Into Your Imagination, a multimedia ocean inspiration, entertainment, and education series for youth.[23]
1974-
2009
Canadian World champion free-diver and record-holder
1935-
2000
Oceanographer and marine biologist (former Chief Scientist at NOAA), author and consultant
1922-2022
2000
American diver and dive shop owner; the first female scuba instructor and the first female dive shop owner.[24]
1917-2010
2019
Pioneer in the field of underwater archaeology, who led Mediterranean archaeological investigations and was noted for her typology of stone anchors and skills in archaeological illustration
2016[25]
Hungarian diver and stunt performer, the youngest female PADI Course Director
1928-2015
2000
Austrian underwater diver, model and actress
1944-
2000
American photojournalist and environmental activist with a focus on the oceans — underwater diving adventure, politics, and conservation
1977-
2000
American champion free-diver
1965-
2000
Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker
2021
Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project[26]
1943-
2007
Conservationist and scuba advocate
1952-
2008
US Navy diving and salvage officer, first woman to command a commissioned US Navy ship, public speaker, and author
2001
Retired U.S. Naval officer and ocean research and technology program manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER)
2007
1978-
2021
Mexican marine biologist ocean scientist, and conservationist, and director of Whale Shark México (Tiburon Ballena Mexico)[27]
2023
marine biologist known for wildlife conservation and research on large marine animals like manta rays & whale sharks; co-founder and a principal scientist of the Marine Megafauna Foundation
1919-1990
2017
First woman scuba diver and aquanaut; wife and business partner of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau
1974-2002
2002
French world record-setting freediver
1933-
2000
American pioneer scuba diver, underwater photographer and actress
1904-1965
2023
Pioneering cave diver in 1935[29][30]
2010
South African marine and shark conservationist,[32] campaigner,[33] wildlife filmmaker, underwater photographer,[34][35] environmental writer,[36] author, speaker[37] and activist.[38] She founded the non-profit organisation AfriOceans Conservation Alliance
2000
American environmentalist, marine naturalist, and scuba diver
2002
Italian world-record technical diver and instructor
1963-
2007
American salvage officer. Projects include de-stranding the tanker Exxon Houston off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine
1973-
2000
British-Caymanian-American world champion freediver
1951-
2008
American, first woman to dive into the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
1935-
2000
Australian diver, underwater photographer and film maker
1952-2010
2001
United States Navy's first female deep sea diver
1914-2000
2001
Pioneering U.S. marine biologist and malacologist
2011
American photographer, specializing in underwater photography
1951-2018
2019
American marine biologist
2000
American zoologist and cave diver
1971-
2011
Shark protection consultant; TDI and NSS-CDS technical and full cave instructor; explorer, surveyor and mapper of cave systems; and ocean advocate